Okay, I have a few questions for all of you. I have been a part of the UPCI for many years. I have never attended a church that the pastor took ALL the tithes (unless it was when I was a child and was unaware of such practices). The tithe went into the general fund with the regular offerings. So:
1) For those of you who believe that ALL the tithes go to the pastor, I cannot believe that you receive enough in "offerings" to pay all the bills that must be paid - utilities, insurance, mortgage (if any), general maintenance (forget about special needs like a new a/c unit) etc etc. Do YOU pay these things from the tithes that you receive?
2) For those of you who don't believe that tithing is necessary - do you give enough in "offerings" to help pay the considerable expense of maintaining the building where you attend church? I know - I know - most of you will come back and say that having church buildings isn't like the new testament church and we shouldn't be doing it that way. But it is the culture of our day to have building in which we gather to worship God. (and you can't argue with my "culture" comment because most of you will use "culture" when you present your arguments for slacks on women, shorts on men, cut or trimmed hair, men's facial hair, etc. - and please don't take that comment to assume that I am ultra-con)
Now - don't anyone get me wrong, I am just curious as to how these churches exist and pay the bills - if on one hand the pastor takes all the tithes and on the other hand, no one pays tithes.
Seems like there are flaws in both ways of thinking.
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